School Scoliosis Screenings: Family Experiences and Potential Anxiety After Orthopaedic Referral.

Study Design: Cross-sequential study design that used data from Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC).

Objective: Examine anxiety symptoms and family experiences subsequent to school scoliosis screening (SSS) referrals.

Summary Of Background Data: Use of SSS remains controversial.

Attention training for school-aged children with ADHD: results of an open trial.

Objective: The article discusses a feasibility study conducted to examine whether Pay Attention!, an intervention training sustained, selective, alternating, and divided attention, could be utilized in a clinical setting with children diagnosed with ADHD, and whether children who received the intervention made attention and executive functioning gains.

Method: After a diagnostic and baseline evaluation, 23 school-aged children with ADHD participate in up to 16 sessions of Pay Attention! and the outcomes are evaluated.

Results: Results show the intervention is feasible to administer and acceptable to participants.